Advances in rehabilitation post-concussion: managing return-to-sport decisions

Abstract

In recent decades there has been a rapid shift in the way concussions are being managed, especially in drawing back to sports decisions being made and judgments about how to return back to the game on the field. After a close reading with different studies involved, there is growing evidence that active, customized rehabilitation techniques that promote neuronal repair and improve functional independence after extended periods of rehabilitation and rest. This post-concussions rehabilitation included the importance of early sub-symptom threshold aerobic exercise, vestibular and ocular motor treatment, and cognitive behavioral approaches. Specified recovery programs, which include multidisciplinary approaches and sport-specific recovery programs including clinical trajectories, are presented as strategies to increase decision-making accuracy and the chance of early return to their respective sports.